About standard artifact types
Overview
A standard artifact type refers to a requirement classification in Blueprint. Standard artifact types are associated with all projects in the instance.
When creating a new standard artifact type, you can choose from a variety of templates (that is, base types) to model your standard artifact type from, such as:
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Textual requirement
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UI mockup
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Use case
Standard artifact types are also different from
Example
Fatima, a business analyst, plans to configure multiple new projects that involve creating business and functional requirements in textual form. She wants to make sure there is a high level of clarity between business and functional requirements.
Instead of creating these artifact types manually in every project, Fatima decides to leverage standard properties. At the instance level, Fatima decides to create two different standard artifact types called Business Requirements and Functional Requirements. She sets the Base Type to TextualRequirement for both of the new standard artifact types. Creating these standard artifact types allows her to standardize these new artifact types across projects. She can also rest assured knowing that project administrators will not be able to modify or reconfigure the properties at the project level.
In any project, users can now choose a business requirement or a functional requirement when creating a new requirement to suit their needs.
Instance administrators with the applicable privileges can create and edit standard artifact types using the Standard Artifact Types tab in the Instance Administration Console. The Standard Artifact Types tab looks like this:
The left side of the page provides you with a table containing the following columns of information about each artifact type:
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Name: Indicates the name of the artifact type. This name appears in the list of options when users are selecting a new artifact to create. It also appears in the Standard Artifact Type column when users are viewing the artifact list.
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Prefix: Indicates the ID prefix of the artifact type. Prefixes are unique across artifact types. All artifacts have a unique ID that begins with this prefix.
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Tooltip: If specified, provides a tooltip description when users are selecting a new artifact to create and they hover over the artifact type.
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Group Label: If specified, this artifact type appears under the specified label when users are selecting a new artifact to create.
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Base Type: All artifact types must have a base type. The base type determines the type of editor that is used when a user opens an artifact. The available base types are pre-configured.
After you select a standard artifact type from the table, the standard artifact type details are displayed on the right side of the page.
Tasks
Creating standard artifact types
Modifying standard artifact types
Deleting standard artifact types
